Chapter 139
My Villains Episode 139
36. Phoenix of Jahakar(3)
The silence was captivating..
The sound of singing coming from the tavern rustled against the tightly closed wooden window. Even the little pig by the bed read the air and held its breath. The cozy room with three or four candles lit was filled with only small sobs..
“Ellen.”
The boy just hugged his knees and cried, but didn't say anything. I was silent for a moment and then pulled Ellen’s shoulder..
“I don't like it, don't do it..”
Following the watery voice, both hands were stretched out. It's a confusing hand gesture whether it's pushing or holding on..
I sat Ellen on my lap and hugged her small body tightly. The struggles subside.
““There was no other intention.” As a large, rough hand approached the corner of my eye, my closed eyelashes twitched..
“I didn't mean to fool you. I didn't think of you as just someone else..”
I wiped away the tears with a gentle hand, as if I was touching a chick..
“I told you. You are a very precious person to me, don't be swayed.”
“……If you are like this.”
Ellen wiped her face with the sleeve of her shirt. Then he looked up at me with red eyes..
“When you do this, I know what you feel?”
“••••••well.”
“I don't think anything, I'm just happy.”
Ellen grabbed my chest..
“I just want you to hug me affectionately and whisper sweet words like this. Just, that's all I can think about.”
“Let's not be shaken? “You shake me like this every day, how can I not shake it?” The fingertips holding the tunic turned white..
“Your tone of voice, your gaze, your facial expressions, and even your hand gestures go back and forth between the underground and the heavenly world. I'm shaking constantly and can't think of anything. I, I have become such a nerd.”
“No, Ellen. you……
“It's me who knows me best, poi.”
The hand that was holding my chest slowly pushed me away. Ellen continued speaking with her eyes becoming clearer..
“I want to know about you. About the real you.” My heart broke again.
I hated myself for being able to only tell Ellen half the truth, and for making up stories in advance, knowing this moment would come..
Eyland.
It is the name of a large island beyond the narrow sea to the south, and the name of a kingdom that once existed there..
The Kingdom of Eyland was ruled alternately by two families. They were the ‘Zahakhar’ family and the ‘Baluin’ family..
The two families inherited the throne according to a very unique tradition..
For example, when the Jaharkar family took the throne, the king's sister had to marry a man from the Baluin family. The male of the Baluin family produced between the two will become the next king of Eyland..
Because of this uncle-to-nephew line of succession, the two royal families of Zaharkar and Baluin were complex, deep, and connected to each other..
A man appeared before the two royal families of Eyland, which had existed for 400 years. It was ‘Zeot of Jeore’, said to be the greatest gangster in Middle World history..
He was the one who established a kingdom by defeating numerous mercenary groups, city-states, and local barons based on a handful of troops raised in the north. That kingdom was now Milanol..
‘Zeot, who was called the 'King of Conqueror', personally commanded a fleet and invaded Eyland when he was sixty years old..
3After a fierce war that lasted for over a year, the king of Eyland surrendered to the conqueror. Zeoth showed mercy and made the King of Eyland the Duke of Eyland..
Zahakar and Baluin, once the royal family, fell to ruin. I don't know if the word Yeongnak would be appropriate for the ducal family's door, but.
“That Zaharkar is my family. So, my name is ‘Phoenix of Jahakar’.”
“I thought so”
“huh‘?”
“Razil accent, powerful blood magic, and black hair and dark eyes. Of course, we can't help but think of the two small royal families of Razil..”
“……Oh, but why didn't you tell me??”
“Because I thought there must be a reason for nobles to hide their family origins..”
“Hmm.”
Ellen suddenly narrowed her brows and asked a question..
“So what were you thinking when you received the ordination from Prince Ulkar? The Je Ore royal family is no different from your family's enemies..”
“……Not an enemy. Anyway, the duke is a vassal of the king.,”
Ellen snorted..
“How many people in Middle World think like that??”
“Well, there are different reasons for that. I'll explain later.”
When I kept quiet, Ellen asked the question again..
“What is your relationship with the duke??”
“He is my uncle.”
Ellen nodded quietly, narrowed her eyebrows and asked.
“……“Then, is the reason you hid your family name possibly related to succession rights?” “Duke Skiele is from our family. The next Duke will be Baluin, so I have nothing to do with the succession..”
I moistened my mouth with wine and continued speaking..
“Besides, I'm a bastard so it doesn't matter.”
“bastard?”
“My mother was a slave. Well, my father, who was pregnant with me, took me as his concubine, so I was spared the burden of being an illegitimate child..”
“Uh, um……
Ellen made a complicated expression. His face seemed confused as to whether he should comfort me or say he was glad..
I chuckled and continued speaking..
“Even though I was a bastard, I wasn't discriminated against much. I think it was actually a good thing that I started my Page life earlier than my peers.……
“It must have been difficult.”
“It was a little annoying, because I had to do all kinds of chores. But everything else was okay. Poi, no, I really liked training..”
Poynix’s memories conveyed the emotions I felt at that time..
“When I was twelve, I defeated my half-brother who was fifteen. When I turned fifteen, there were no enemies in my family except for the knights. At that time, I thought I was the best person in the world at my job..”
Ellen's mouth twitched..
“……Everyone has times like that..”
“Is that so??”
“huh.”
I made eye contact with Ellen. The light of the candle dimmed in the watery blue eyes..
I felt like I would be sucked in if I stayed still, so I quickly opened my mouth..
“Around the time I was ordained as a knight, I crossed the Narrow Sea..”
“why?”
“Because I wanted to gain the power of my ancestors. I wanted to follow the traces of ‘Blood King Zahak’ and gain his power. The power of the source.”
“……500Chasing the traces of someone who died a year ago?”
“Well, it's the spirit of a young man..”
Ellen, who had been quietly nodding her head, suddenly frowned..
“wait for a sec. When we crossed the narrow sea, you were in the same boat as me..”
“It was like that.”
“However, it is said that he crossed the Narrow Sea around the time he was ordained as a knight..”
“huh. That's right?”
Blue eyes lit up.
“So, how old are you??”
“uh… … .20 years old.”
“……under.”
Ellen opened her mouth with a laugh..
“Only twenty? twenty years old?”
“Oh no.”
“no?”
“uh. Since I was born in June, I’m 21 this year..”
“……Twenty or twenty-one.”
Ellen's face distorted..
“So you treated someone who was only three or four years older than me like a child??”
“Three or four years old? How old are you?.”
“seventeen!”
When he shouted confidently, I was dumbfounded and snorted..
“however? If you're seventeen, you're a kid, right?.”
“this person……
The guy trembled for a moment, then threw the apple on the tray and shouted..
“You son of a bitch!”
After the brief flash of light ended, Ellen raked her hair and took a breath..
“Phew. I heard what kind of person you are. But it's not over yet.”
“Um, you know.”
I continued my explanation while wiping the meat grease from my hair..
“……When I pass through the narrow sea. I had a very strange experience.”
“strange experience?”
I swallowed dry saliva quietly. It was important from now on.
“Before you say anything, promise me something..”
“what promise?”
“What I'm saying from now on, I promise I'll never say it anywhere else.”
When I spoke with a serious expression, Elen also nodded with a stern expression on her face..
“……okay. I promise.”
“good.”
I told the story slowly and calmly. It was a story centered around Phoenix..
“While sailing, a soul from another dimension inhabited my body..”
“••••••soul?”
“I'm not sure if it's a spirit or something, but something strange happened anyway. Because of that, I lost my memory for a while..”
“What does it mean to lose your memory?”
“Literally. I only remembered my name, but nothing else. About me, my family, and my hometown. That's why I couldn't tell you anything.”
“How could that happen?……
Ellen narrowed her eyebrows as if she was confused..
“……Well, for now?”
“You remember strange things happened to me in the cracks?”
“It's about that scale.?”
“huh. That happened when my lineage awakened. Thanks to you, I recovered my severed limb and regained my memory..”
Ellen silently nodded at my assertive tone..
“It's still hazy, like there's a fog, but I remember most of it now. I felt like two souls mixed together.”
Ellen, who was lost in thought for a moment, opened her mouth..
“Then, what I said to Karamek was?”
“Karamek? “What kind of words?” “You said that. I received an invitation from a demon god from a place called Earth..”
Should I say that it's Ellen-like to remember each word clearly? I took a sip of wine and answered.
“As the soul came into me, someone's memories came flowing in..”
“……As the alien being inhabited me, I also gained those memories.?”
“That's right, so to speak.”
“Well, also about the game of prophecy.?”
“game of prophecy?”
“They say he was able to become Karamek through play..”
Um, did I say that too? I nodded, trying to remember the conversation at the time..
“that's right.”
“……Then you got information you didn't know..”
“Thanks to the knowledge I gained there..”
Ellen sighed and closed her eyes..
““It’s hard to believe.” “… … i am suspicious?”
“It's not like that. Karamek was a very powerful soul shaman. If you lied, he would have seen through it..”
The guy was in trouble as he smoothed his hair..
The story I told Ellen wasn't a lie, but it wasn't the whole truth either..
I am now much closer to Kim Seung-soo than Poynix. Therefore, many parts of the story told from Poynix's perspective had to be omitted..
but… … You can't just say, 'My name is Seungsu Kim, and you're a character I created while playing a game.'.
I looked at Ellen silently. Now all I can do is done.
Long eyelashes crossed, blue eyes opened..
“absoluteness.”
“huh?”
“Never say never. elsewhere.”
I smiled and shrugged my shoulders..
“Hey, of course. Where did I say this?,”
“I'm serious now.”
Ellen sighed and shook her head..
“You absorbed alien souls and memories. If this story spreads, all the crazy people in the world will try to take over your soul and knowledge..”
“Don't worry, it won't happen. In this world, only you and I know this story..”
“well? “Is this a story only we know?” Ellen was about to say something when there was a crunching sound coming from the bed..
“It's a bunch?”
sesame liquid.
Did you fall off in your sleep? The bundle that fell off the bed was restless, so I picked it up..
“What's wrong, our bunch? I had a nightmare?”
Ellen shot back in an annoyed tone as I was trying to soothe the little boy..
“Are pigs important now? We're talking.”
“Uh one”
How much did we talk about? Oh, that's right.
“Someone else, who knows?”
“Utequai, Siren, Xanabas.”
I tilted my head when Ellen called me..
“Why are those three?”
“I heard you talk about extraterrestrial beings..”
“Atalanta must have heard that too.?”
“He's a Nudein. “You’d think I was just improvising nonsense.” Ellen muttered quietly, licking her lower lip..
“But Utekwai, Siren, and Xanabas are sure to know Karamek's abilities. I'm sure you noticed that you told the truth.”
“……Oh, I see.?”
“Xanavas is a druid, and Siren is a wizard trained by the Rao family. Not to mention Ute Kwai. There is no way the Great Warrior of the Plains would not know the abilities of the Soul Shaman..”
Ellen's muttering continued with a sigh..
“Even if Utequai doesn't matter, Siren and Xanabas are the problem. If they talk like this somewhere,.”
“Then I will join separately.,”
“To let you know that it is important enough to crack down on participation.?”
w......uh ”
■司三
Ellen let out a series of sighs and shook her head..
“They'll be together for a while?”
“Uh, I guess so..”
“You have to accompany me. Until we find a way to solve this problem.”
Blue eyes shone coldly. I looked at him and burst out laughing..
“I'm not scared anymore?”
“......uh?”
“He said he was scared because he didn't know anything about me. I'm not scared anymore?”
Ellen pursed her lips. His lips twitched for a moment, and then he nodded..
When I laughed quietly, he hesitated before opening his mouth..
“I also have something to say.”
“ huh?”
“There's something I didn't tell you too.”
“••••••What is it?”
Ellen wiggled her hands for a while and then closed her eyes tightly. Then he jumped up from the chair..
Ellen, who walked in front of me, looked somewhat embarrassed. Because I was sitting quietly with a face like, ‘What should I do?’.
“……I'm not surprised?”
““Why are you surprised?” I chuckled and shook my head..
“I'm not stupid and I'm afraid I didn't notice this?”
“Uh, how.”
“Isn't it strange that we hang out together all day and don't know anything??”
Ellen, with a shocked expression, asked back in a low voice..
“Well, then… … . If you knew, why didn’t you tell me??”
“I thought there had to be a reason.”
I shrugged my shoulders..
“I could guess the reason too..”
“……I guessed it?”
“huh. It's not because you want to be held by me.?”
The face facing me turned bright red. Ellen stammered, holding her forehead..
“No, I didn't hide it from the beginning, my legs hurt when I tried to walk, so I needed some time to get used to it.,”
“Ellen.”
“Manado, uh, uh?”
“If you want to be hugged, just tell me. I'll hug you.”
Ellen, whose neck and ears were red, quivered like a goldfish and then closed her mouth. Then he bit his lower lip..
“You're acting like an adult again?”
“••••••huh?”
“I got something from you.”
sesame liquid!
Ellen pushed away the bundle that was lying on your thigh and took its place. He glared at me and wrapped his arms around my neck..
“You owe me.”
“……what debt?”
“You saved my life, in the crack.”
“Hey, what's there between us other than debt?.”
When I frowned, Ellen shook her head and insisted..
“I don't like it, I need to get paid..”
Ellen took a couple of deep breaths and approached me. The blue eyes closed and a white face and pink lips approached..
My senses became numb from the smell of flesh and lime. Hair dyed in the light of the candles tangled around my body. The blood was out of control, my heart was beating wildly..
……Uh, you can't do this. It's really dangerous.
While I was frozen like an idiot, a soft touch touched my lips..
There seemed to be a big bell ringing from somewhere. It felt like I had been struck by lightning. This is ridiculous, how old am I?…….
I was just about to open my lips as if I was being controlled by something..
“Huh. Ellen took a couple of steps back..
The guy wiped his lips with a trembling hand and made an expression that made it difficult to tell whether he was smiling or crying..
Uh, this is the end.?
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